Jul 7th, 2024, Global Forgiveness Day
- On Global Forgiveness Day, Hearts Release
In a world divided, let forgiveness be the bridge
A powerful force that mends what seemed a smidge
For in forgiveness, we find strength and grace
A path to unity, where love finds its place
Let forgiveness flow like a gentle stream
Washing away anger, letting go of the extreme
May forgiveness bind us in a common thread
Erasing the pain that once caused us dread
On this day, let forgiveness be our guide
In every word spoken and act we provide
For on this Global Forgiveness Day, we see
The power of forgiveness setting us free
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Dawnxisoul393art, an illustrator and designer couple living on a remote island in Hong Kong. Listen to the sea's vows and look at the persistent blue sky. Waves and white sails, blue sky and white clouds. The landscape and canvas ahead.
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Foot Bindings
I asked my grandmother how she knew she'd fallen in love. I am not sure I ever did love him, she said. This was before I met my husband. I was naive, a naked spring, a raw nerve of a thing. That cannot ever be me, I knew. Sadness swept in gently like a Moscow thaw. It is no simple thing, looking into a woman's vast soul and seeing its foot bindings. Now, in Italy divorced with my skin singed off, when I say I don't love him mean: I have succeeded at feeling nothing most days and it mostly works. Do you want the comfort of Nothing? Do you want Nothing, too? Be warned: you'll never be free, even when you are nothing. Here is what doesn't work: Accepting the stages of grief. Talking about it. Sitting with the feeling. Missing him—no, the person you were when you believed in death do us part. Writing poetry. That, too. When I say I don't love him I mean: I feel capsized in an endless, starved tide. What sometimes works: selective memory. You must forget ripe tomatoes and his beard and feeling perfectly sheltered in a big blue world. Forget coffee in bed, laughter watching TV, blowing out the candles on the birthday cake and the quiet all-encompassing knowledge that you are chosen. Remember only how love turned to a banal everyday survival act, a trapeze act unsure whether he will catch you, how the warmth stagnated and became sour, remember the foot bindings and remember the resentment boiling in your veins as you stick it out for the kids. Six-hour Netflix binges help, too. A man's fingers tracing your spine. Frozen pizza at 2 a.m. Random trips to the museum just to stand near things that last a while. The realization that crying won’t change anything. Seeing that life is just a dream, and refusing to participate in your own suffering. Bite your fist. Walk on eggshells around joy. When I say I don't love him, I mean he didn’t break my heart, he just stopped touching it and it forgot how to beat right.
By Ella Bogdanova2 days ago in Poets
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Well said. Forgiveness is more for the person who gives it rather than the one who receives it. It sets the giver free. To Global Forgiveness Day!
I like this. I've written on the topic of forgiveness before. I am easy to forgive others and then move on and grow. But what I've learned about forgiveness is many people have a very hard time forgiving, especially when they refuse to see their side in a situation. You have to be able to first look at yourself and acknowledge your part and any sort of misunderstandings or disagreements, etc. You have to be able to look at yourself before you can forgive another person. Excellent article. Very well written and very informative. Thank you for sharing this.
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Good work
Words to live by, Forgiveness, forgive, and forget! Thak you for sharing!
On this day, let forgiveness be our guide. Very challenging verse, learn to be guided by forgiveness, forgive and forget, on this day of forgiveness, another fantastic read, thanks for sharing.